Do I need to change my social security card to change my job?

If the social security jurisdiction changes after changing jobs in the city, the social security card needs to be re-applied. China's "Social Insurance Law" stipulates that if an individual is employed across the overall planning area, his basic old-age insurance relationship will be transferred accordingly, and the payment period will be calculated cumulatively.

Legal objectivity:

Social insurance law

Article 74

The social insurance agency shall obtain the data needed for social insurance work through business handling, statistics and investigation, and the relevant units and individuals shall provide it in a timely and truthful manner.

The social insurance agency shall establish a file for the employer in a timely manner, completely and accurately record the social insurance data such as personnel's participation in social insurance and payment, and properly keep the original vouchers for registration and declaration and accounting vouchers for payment and settlement.

The social insurance agency shall timely, completely and accurately record the individual's personal rights and interests such as social insurance payment, employer's payment and social insurance benefits, and regularly send the personal rights and interests records to me free of charge.

Employers and individuals can inquire and check the records of payment and social insurance benefits from social insurance agencies free of charge, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.